Have You Ever Lost Your Phone? A New Phone Tracking Service Is Now Available In Nigeria

Let’s be honest, 9 out of every 10 persons have been a victim of phone theft or know someone that has been a victim. I’ve actually lost a smartphone before and I know how it feels.

You get that sad shallow feeling in your heart as you remember how you could have prevented the phone from getting missing and those your pictures; yes those ones that seemed so cool that they’ll get 200+ comments .

The one that’s even more painful, is if it’s a phone of almost N100k and your contacts weren’t even backed up. You lost the contact of that new babe you were trying to spin all these weeks and she finally gave you her number.

I believe you’ve been in that position before so let me go straight to how you can track your phone in Nigeria when it gets missing. Unlike Apple’s iCloud lock that protects their smartphones whenever it gets missing the only available tracking service that is available by default for all android smartphones is Google’s find my device feature which only locates your device in the last location it was last online.

You cannot remotely wipe your device with the feature if your phone is offline so the feauture becomes almost practically useless in most cases and tracking your phone in Nigeria with it becomes practically impossible.

PINS Solutions is a mobile tracking service tailored specifically for tracking devices within Nigeria and they work hand in hand with Telecom Companies and law enforcement agencies to make sure you are able to track your device.

Here’s a run down of feautures of the PINs App –

Pin intruder:

Captures photo of an intruder holding your device when an incorrect PIN, password or pattern is entered and emails it to you.

Get an instant email notification showing you the time and address of where the lost or stolen phone is

Find my phone

This feature shows you the exact location of lost or stolen mobile phone

Show you history location of the missing device

Real track live tracking of the missing device (you will see the phone move from one location to another and the dashboard)

Remotely erase your data on your lost or stolen mobile device before it gets into the wrong hands

Sim tracking

Get an instant email alert whenever a new sim card is inserted into your lost or stolen mobile phone. It also sends you a text message telling you the date and time of the change, unique number associated with the Sim card, and the sim carrier information which enables you to know the network provider of the new Sim card inserted in your mobile device.

It tests every individual hardware component of your mobile phone even at the comfort of your home.

Recovery service

If your mobile phone gets lost or stolen, PINS will follow it. PINS gathers and provides you the recovery information required to your lost or stolen phone back.

If you are unable to recover the phone yourself, PINs have a service that will provide you support. Their recovery team is dedicated and trained to work in collaboration with the Law Enforcement Agent to recover any mobile device flagged lost or stolen by the Pins App.

That’s basically how the PIN’s app works. To get access to this service , there are two plans

Standard and Premium

Standard Plan

N300/Month or N1,600 for 1year

Premium Plan

N600/Month or N3600 for 1 year

You can choose the plan that suits your budget but I would recommend you go for the premium plan –

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Infinix Smart 3 Plus Launched In Nigeria – Full Specifications

The Infinix Smart 3 Plus is a new device launched by Infinix Mobile and it comes with decent specifications. It’s a device I would say is a mid-range budget device so don’t expect much power from this phone.

I still feel with Xiaomi around in Nigeria now Infinix would have stepped up their game but it seems they’re just recycling designs ever since they released the first device with a tear drop notch.

Infinix Smart 3 Plus Features

The triple rear camera is quite interesting as well. In terms of design you get a plastic unibody with glass-finish at the back. The glass-finish adds a premium finish to the phone but unfortunately makes it a fingerprint magnet.

There’s also a microUSB port, the 3.5mm headphone jack and a microphone just right below the device. The front of the phone shows the teardrop notch, the selfie camera and the earpiece. Sound quality is not that bad however, The Smart 3 Plus has a downward firing mono speaker which isn’t too loud and you’ll actually prefer using your headphones. I still wonder why Infinix didn’t use the Dirac Speakers in this device.

It has a HD+ resolution display with a 2.5D glass for a premium feel. But I’m a bit disappointed with the 720p resolution and the large display doesn’t actually show what we all expected. It’s a bit low but I’m guessing it’s a sacrifice to put the phone in the budget range.

The back of the phone houses the triple-camera setup .The primary sensor is a 13-megapixel camera with a 2-megapixel depth sensor and a low-light QVGA sensor.

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Huawei Phones Not Allowed To Use Android Officially Anymore

I woke up to a very disappointing news yesterday,Huawei Phones Not Allowed To Use Android Officially Anymore and believe me I was very upset about this move. This is coming at a time where Huawei is making changes to the Android market as we know it and Google revoked their licence based on mere accusations,

Accusations that haven’t been even proved to be true. This decision would probably worsen the trade war between China and the United States.

The consequences of this may end up affecting all technological markets and the world economy in general. Don’t forget that Huawei is the world’s second-largest seller of smartphones

Huawei Phones Not Allowed To Use Android Officially

Newer devices from Huawei will not be able to install Android updates, or any Google apps, including Google Play Store and Gmail. However, you can simply access those Android updates through AOSP and GAPPs but without any support from Google.

Donald Trump had accused Huawei of working for the Chinese government, installing back doors in their networks and devices to facilitate surveillance, without any evidence at all.

This made the senior manager of Huawei get arrested a few months ago. Since then, both China and the United States have imposed tariffs on their respective products. Recently, the Trump Administration added the Chinese brand Huawei to the blacklist of the Department of Commerce, hence, forcing American companies to stop having commercial relations with Huawei.

However, according to Reuters, Google is the first to comply with the recently approved law, but other US companies that have commercial relations with Huawei, like Qualcomm, Intel, NVIDIA, will have to make a similar decision.